unsilenced
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7.2
- adjective
- /ʌnˈsaɪlənsd/
- After years of being ignored, she finally felt unsilenced and began to share her story.
Examples
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They each draw one of their now unsilenced guns from their shoulder holsters and aim, one arm over each of Rocco's shoulders.
Fiction book (1999) -
The roar of the unsilenced shot echoed again and again off the narrow canyon walls.
Fiction book (2001) -
The Unsilenced Science has a vast post with dozens of graphs on the latest SAT and ACT college entrance scores by demographics and state.
Blog text (18) -
Zedeck fells him with a well-placed, unsilenced gunshot.
Fiction book (1997) -
The protestors marched through the streets, their voices unsilenced as they demanded change.
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With the new platform, everyone in the community felt unsilenced and empowered to express their ideas.
Synonyms
1
7.5
People show strong feelings openly without control
Antonyms
How Silenced
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unsilenced starts with the part un- meaning 'not' and ends with silence, which means 'to make quiet' or no sound, so the word is like 'not quiet'. So, unsilenced means 'not made quiet', which is why it describes someone who is allowed or able to speak out.